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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.jewish,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: The Old Ways - final comments
Message-ID: <256@unc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-May-85 17:39:18 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 17:39:18 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
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Summary: 

In article <pyuxd.962> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Arthur Pewtey) writes:
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>> I have nothing against your pointing out inconsistencies within Christianity.
>> That is your right.  But do it from within a Christian perspective
>> or do it in another newsgroup.  Leave net.christian for the Christians.

>We've been through this before.  A public forum is a public forum.  It doesn't
>"belong" to anyone or any group.  There is a private mailing list in existence
>which is a private forum.  I post general topics to net.religion, otherwise
>I post to specific group(s) (and possibly the general group as well).

Nonsense.  We must obey certain conventions to keep the network feasible.
One of the conventions is keeping our postings in the appropriate newsgroups.
For instance, if I want to find a long-lost friend, I might wish to post
to net.general, to ensure that EVERYBODY sees my posting.  But that would
be a net-etiquette violation.  Such postings must go to net.people,
EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE I MIGHT WISH TO READ MY POSTING DON'T SUBSCRIBE.
I must respect the right of people to choose not to see what I want them
to read.

In specific, net.religion.christian is for Christians to discuss Christianity
and their religious experiences.  Non-Christians like me may use this group to
request information, or to participate (if they can do so) from a Christian
point of view.  Analogously for net.religion.jewish.

Discussions about whether Christianity is a good idea in the first place
is a (higher level) meta-discussion, which belongs in a meta-newsgroup.
We have such a newgroup.  It is called net.religion.  This is the group
for inter-religion debates.  This is where your anti-Bible postings belong.

Please respect the net-etiquette.  Too many people disreguarding the
the newsgroup definitions will drive the net to moderated newsgroups. 

	Frank Silbermann